Hardik Satishchandra Shah appointed Private Secretary to PM Modi

New Delhi, July 30

IAS officer Hardik Satishchandra Shah has been appointed the Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a Personnel Ministry order issued on Thursday.

Shah, a 2010-batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, is currently serving as a Deputy Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

He has been appointed as the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister on co-terminus basis, read the order.

Before moving to the PMO last year, he worked as the Private Secretary to Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar. PTI